College Football National Championship Winners: Full List & Details

The College Football Playoff National Championship takes place Monday, January 7 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, home of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers. Ahead of the latest national title game, it’s time to take a look back throughout college football history at all of the national champions that have come before.

Alabama holds the most national championships in the history of the poll era with 12 — three more than Notre Dame and Ohio State — but they still trail Yale, which hold 17, on the all-time list. The early years have been retroactively acknowledged by the NCAA.

When is the last time your favorite program lifted the championship trophy?

The full list of college football national championship winners can be seen below, via NCAA.com, and be sure to tune in to ESPN to see who will be the latest to hoist the most coveted prize in college football. :